Specialist Mental Health Midwife

Job summary

• To provide high quality, safe midwifery care to women and their families with additional support requirements and mental health challenges in pregnancy and the postnatal period. The post holder will have a high level of relevant expert knowledge and skills, which they will use to manage, develop and lead care for pregnant women and new mothers with additional needs.
• Provide direct client care and have detailed clinical knowledge of the specialist area.
• To be responsible for providing extra support and care to some pregnant women with mental health problems, in partnership with the named midwife, the specialist perinatal mental health team and external agencies.
• To work closely with women and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs. They will provide a link between the maternity service and other services involved in mental health care.
• Assist the band 7 specialist midwife to ensure that high standards of quality care are delivered and maintained.
• To Deputise for the specialist midwife as required.
• To promote the use of quality improvement methods by frontline staff in order to deliver measurable improvements in patient care.
• To act as a resource of specialist knowledge to other members of the multidisciplinary team

Main duties of the job

Please see detailed job description attachment . This contains a full breakdown of all the different duties required.

About us

Our Values

• Vision

We have a plan that will deliver excellent health and care for future generations, working with partners to ensure our services are sustainable.

We make decisions that are best for long term health and social care outcomes for our communities

Openness

We communicate clearly to our patients, families and our staff with transparency and honesty

We encourage feedback from everyone to help drive innovation and Improvements

• Integrity

We demonstrate fairness, respect and empathy in our interactions with people

We take responsibility for our actions, speaking out and learning from our mistakes

• Compassion

We take a person-centred approach in all our interactions with patients, families and our staff

We provide compassionate care and demonstrate understanding to everyone

• Excellence

We put quality and safety at the heart of all our services and processes

We continuously improve our standards of healthcare with the patient in mind

Job responsibilities

For the detailed job description and main responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification for the role.

Person specification

essential

Essential

• Registered Midwife with Degree level qualification
• NMC current registration
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Full Driving Licence

Desirable

• Experience in working within perinatal mental health
• Experience of writing reports in relation to safeguarding and court proceedings

desirable

Essential

• Good IT skills

essential

Essential

• Experience of working within all areas of maternity

Desirable

• evidence of continuing education